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Tncvday; Wednesday fair.
Highest Icmprrntarc, M;
lowest, 71; precipitation, .70.
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RALEIGH, C TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 12, 1913.
PRICE 5 CENTS.
EiLMECEli
UAIH
CAUCUS APPLAUSE
When Making Vigorous De
.fense of Currency Bill
House Committee Begins De
tailed Probe of Charge's
Opinion nf Democratic Lawyers
All Except "Webb" Who"" Went
of the Senate - -
To Alabama
Observer
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Declares They Have Not Been
Discriminated Against in
The Tariff Bill
DEMOCRATS ' PERTURBED
Over Failure to Make Progress'
.In .Senate On Tariff Meas
ureLeaders Hold Informal
Oonfercnc'es With Kepubli
can Leaders
.. . - . . .. .
Washington, D. C; Aug. 11, Dfmo
rratic leaders in the Senate are con
siderably k rturbed river the failure
tn make pi ogress on the tariff bill and
fur sexeral days informal conferences
hmc been held wfith progressive Ke
puhlicen and regular Itepublican
leaders it) tlie hope that some means
to hasten consideration of the meas
ure 'might be found. It was Muted
tonight, luweer, that nothing defl
Jii!" hud been accomplished.
For the purpose of Hounding Re
publican sentiment. Democratic lead
ers have inquired what progress could
bi1 made on the tariff, should it be
agreed definitely that the Senate
Would not lake up the currency, bill
at the present session. No assurance.
deltnite time for voting on the tariff
but it was asserted by minority lead
ers that such an assurance undoubt
edly would lead to earlier action on
JM-iiilUlL.-ii'.U.'liO. glKBtttiuBH, Mlaw-
have been in.ule.aii to" possible amend-
oilier ngVicuiiiiral rates, but minority
members re not disposed to bargain
because Ihev could .receive no assur
ances of confretJ't action n anixnd-
..n:ej.u .j.ir..iuia.th'4ffuc.ui,.
The informal nk6tiations gave rise
to a rumor that currency legislation
vould not Im insisted . upon at the
special session, but this was declared
to be entirely without foundation Inso
far as the views of the President and
majority of Ibe Democratic Ben-
tors war concerned. 7
fontldcratlora' Drags On.
Meanwhile. Consideration, of ; t"e
bill drags on. Today little progress
Vh.s n.nde. several paragraphs of the
metal ; 1 hedule being under discussion,
chiefly lead and 'cast lroh pipe. Cast
Iron pipe, which' the Senate- finance
committee transferred to the free lis',.
pi l ie ip 1, out Ihe House1 rate of 1 2
per. cent . as discussed "by Senator
Clark, of ArWunsus. He said this
product iys so controlled by combi
tialioris thM unfair prices were sr-tifl-inlly
maintained. Me urged that
a f'f, nuirket be given to foreign
livitiiif lauiits jju.jreajj. up. ihe con-
tiollln American combination.
I'onlinifed on page (pipn.l
DRANK COCACOLaT"
DEAD IN AN HOUR
Wilmington Linotype Operator Die
I11HM Suddenly of Acute Imlige
tion Lcuc Wife and ( I1II1I.
Wilmington. Aug. 11. A few min
utes after drinking u glass of coca cola
Ihifi afternoon, II. K.,iHlates, linotype
operator 011 the Kvervug Dispatch,
was taken by an aitack of acute Indigestion-while
opcrutinl his machine
and died nn hour later.
He was HI years of age and was n
f hativTftf-sewberrj-r Hr - -H leaves
wife and .me child. He had been
tvith the Dispatch eleven years.
TWO YOUNG ME KILLED
ON COAST LINE TRACKS
Jlatilicw ,ain ami ills Cousin. Jud
miii (.airi-. Sti nek by Train lie-luci'itL-Wlllnrd.
mid Wullia Sunday
Morning.
Wilmington. Au!. II - Matthew
(.arris, white, agHl i'(. was killed nut --,iigUiiJJd--Jik--cuusiu
J,inlsun.-.UafX-U
aged 21. received injuries from which
lie died a few hours later when thev
-WFrr-TrtTurtr-try- Tr-tTsi-rn-brfwprn- WrH
lard nnu Watha riuiiOay niolning. The
young men had been at Willard Hat
rrday nicht and started to their .omes
.1' ';.tl.d. K011I pbi has been suggest
. ed but general opinion Is they went
to sleep on the tracks.
RAILROADS HAMPER OUR INDUSTRIES.
Freight Rate Discrimination An Embargo on
Growth in Manufactures in North Carolina
Because of Outbounnd As Well Afe Inbound
Freight Charges. "
North Carolina could develop far more rapidly but for the
injustice of freight rate discrimination inbound an4 out-
T''igflntfssftarT
Here is a case in point in outbound freight efiarges:
The Forester Canning Company, of North Wilkesboro, N.
"We ship from 30' to So car
Vegetables from this point to customers oufside.the State, an
. nually,. ' ""
" "We now have Orders on our tiles for three cars (Canned
Blackberries to be shipped to Chicago, Ills., and if we were'
Jocited in JRoattoke, Va., we could iave SI 25.28 on each car,
' or S3 75.84 o"nrie bTJer iifTrelpt raTesTTa"s 6uT raTe"Trom"
""NTrh- Wilkesboror-to. Chicaei45cpetundrei.,..round
" "car htUJliis
ujwfe"'3s,.f ."f I t . war tfinffiiirorl nrtiin-lc.
"Wc have to lose money on many shipments by having to
equalize the freight with Virginia cities. . -
"This difference shows how our business is being hamper
ed by unjust freight rates,"
"INSURGENTS" DEFEATED
In Attempt to Have Caucus of
Democratic HouscMenibers
Throw Open Dobrs-Ap-pwal
of Measure Predicted
ashington,.D. C, Aug. 11. A vig
orous defense. of, the currency bill by
Representative Carter'Olaas, one of Its
authors aV' received Vlth general
applttuse -and support In the first
session today of the caucus of Demo
cratic members of the House before
w'hich the measure Is to he worked
over and Its fate Determined.
Representative Glass' speech fol
lowed an unsuccessful attempt by the
"insurgent" Democrats of the Bank
ing and .Currency committee to have
the caucus thrown open to the pub
lic. I,od by representatives Neeley, of
Kansas, and Kagsdale, of South Caro
lina. members of the committee; Rep
resentative Henry, of Texaa. and oth
ers, the' advocates of open caucus mue
tered 63 votes against 119.
The currency bill was laid before
the caucus by Representative Glass
as chairman of- the committee with
the endorsement of eleven Democratic
members. Representative Neeley and
Representative Kagsdale and Repre
sentative Kagle, of Texas, withheld
their approval. Mr. Glass' speech in
explanation of the bill, which began
as a general statement of the purposes
and hopes of its framers. was turned
Ihf n"attTrtphatte defenee-of ftw-mea.-ure
when the ' "Insurgents" Insisted
that it should make provision for the
issuance of currency upon warehouse
receipts for irnhejtjid.irmtoii.i
BpecuTatifin would receive ' the a'c'
tive support of the Government, de-
pat into the bill. The legitimate de
mands of 'farming communities, he
said, for money to carry on ordinary
farming' and commercial operations
were fittly-fovered by ttia mfur anl
to make warehouse receipts for cot
ton or grain a legal security for the
'issuance of the proposed new treasury
notes wouM furnisn the mean by
which, speculators couH hold the eot
"ton arrtt grain crops In storage for an
lnderlnR period. ,
Kriends of the administration bill,
as the" result of today's opening ses
sion predicted "that thp caucus would
j.pprove the measure with vf
ehanges. Representatives Neeley,
Kagsdale and Kagle will lead a fight,
however, for the adoption of the pro
posed agricultural amendments; and
also for preventing Interim-king di-
rta'tors
The caucus agreed to allow eight
hours of general 'uebate on the bill,
one-half to be controlled by Chairman
Glass and the other half by Represen
tative Neeley, of the "Insurgent"
forces. It la. expected that the caucus
wottW-iyin throughout the week as the
bill will be read and debated section
by section after the general debate Is
ended.
SELF-INFUCTElTwOUND
FATAL TO BLACKWELDER
t
Concord Man Who Shot Hlmwif Be
ciiiim' of Trouble With Ills Girl Two
Weeks Ago, Dies.
Salisbury. Aug, 11 Joe Hlackwel
oei. who two week ago seriously shot
himself at his home In Concord be
ciiisn bis girl refused to talk to him
when he culled on a Sunday niaht,
died at, the Whltehead-Stokes san'.tu
ri.im in Salisbury last night He was
'.rought fc Pallshurv for treatment
and" had beeiT gmwtng worse severu!
das." His f.tther Is J. A. Hluckwcidcr.
of Concord. The body was Bent I
that place 'oday for burial.
WANT KVTKKTAINM i:NT.
Wilson l'co)le Daffy Over MmleeT
I'niir Theaters Hunnlng Full Mast.
Another to Open Soon.
Wilson. Aug. II. It isn't the for
tune for every one to own an auto or
motorcycle, yet every one, rich and
poor, are determined to be entertained
-on- way - or anothar, Those with
nickels and dimes are content to divert
their minds at the "movies." and Wll-
- s,
;tm TTnwTtr'fmrr-pl'tuie shows iuit'
nlng full blast and the fifth one to
throw lis doors open with the opening
of the tobacco market and on the
night of the 30th of this month "talk
ing pictures" will make their first ap
pearance in this city.
loads of Canned Fruits and
" -
OF MEN f.0W IN CONGRESS
1 - a, .
Taking of Testimony Concern-
lil I licit? IU: DtJ AUHUIIUOU
Tnrliu , Pnnrrrocemo n
I UUUI VVI Ifjl vooi i ion
Webb's Name Among These
Washington. D. C, Aug. 11 Martin
U Mulhatl' began the second recital
of his experiences In Influencing legis
lation today before the Investigators
on the House side of the capitol. The
greater part of his "testimony was a
repetition- of matter which he had
already presented- to the Senate com
mittee. After a brief general examination In
pourse of which the witness objected
strenuously to ' testifying from rec
ollection without the aid of the vol
uminous documents which he .pre
sented to the Senate committee, th
House committee began the detailed
probe of the Mulhall charges. The
committee' phuia to consider system
atically the mention- of members -of
Congress, employes of Congress- and
other public men referred to In cor
respondence and examine the witness
relating to each Individual.
Hartholdt Correspondence.
Following this plan all of tke Mul
han letters to Representative Richard
Kartholdt, of Missouri, were placed In
the record today, and Mlunall was
questioned about them. The letters
related to the activity of Mulhall in
securing assistance from Bartholdt In
preventing a report of an eight-hour
labor bill, from the Labor committee
and in supporting the I-lttleneld antl
plTolagi i bill '''KTi;n'ntnerKAilonU'''As8o'
elation of Manufacturers favored. The
letters and Mulhall s testimony told of
arranging to secure the support of
l,tortbtrid-ju4..,ctltttrotHtni-nJt,.atis
anti-pilotage bill, by working o hold
cip in the House Judiciary committee
ment of Intoxicating liquors, which
Mr. Bartholdt opposed.
Of Men Now In CongrrM.
The committee tomorrow -will con
tinue the taking of testimony relating
to men aow In Congress. Represen
tatlvea Burke, of Pennsylvania; Cal
der. of New. Terh; Falrchlld. of New
York: HcDermott, of Illinois: Sher
ley, of Kentucky, and Webb, of North
Carolina, win be taken up in order.
A. E. Jlarshall, 'of Dayton. Ohio,
who wrote leter which Martin M
Mulhall read to the Senate lobby com
mittee, saying Governor Cox, of Ohio,
when a member of Congress, had been
delaying the selection of a federal
building site in Dayton for personal
reaaons. sent a letter to the commit
tee today disclaiming any "reflection
on Cox. John G. Swaay. of Maine,
if ntjiielter -4f nytng having hat aax
relations witn .Muinau.
Others Subpoenaed.
At the request of counsel for the
National Association of Manufactur-
Continued on page seven,)
45,000 Now Revel In Good
Cheer at Denver
All Day Special Trains Pull In
" Bringing Loads ' to Attend
Triennial Conclave
Denver, Co.. Aug. 11. The pilgrim
age of Knights Templar to the 32nd
triennial conclave In Denver has prac
tically ended arid now at feast 46,000
Sir Knights and their ladies revel in
the Hospitality and good cheer which
i h e '" concla ve" ha ve accofaed" t fi i e i m.
Throughout the day special trains
puTletT inro the city aTTre'quenFTn""
tervals, discharging their burdens:
With trains laden with Knights Tem
plar came other trains carrying tour
ists and visiting spectators by the
thousands, who added to the gayety
of the invasion of the soldiers of the
cross. . -
Among the lapt to arrive today In
w-speciHl tia'in was Coturnbla '"ronn"
mandery No. 2. Washington. D. C, ac
companied by "Billy." the command
ery goat Itamirus commandery, le
troit, also arrived! late, but 'gave a
sample of drilling at the station to the
Lrif)lghtvJ)tth-4.hauwds gthergd-
there to welcome the invading
Knights.
The entire day waa spent by Sir
Knights of various commanderles,
gathered from all points of the com
Vajjnreoe wiMili eflueifltawee.
and forrning new onea, All command
eriea kept "open house" at their re
spective headquarters and the recep-
Late today Will B. Meiish. grand
master of the Grand Encampment;
announced that he had received cre
dentials from the Duke of Connaught
to represent officially the Grand
Priory of England and Wales at the
official banquet to the Grand Encamp
ment, Wednesday night
Grand. Master Mellsh Will appear
atthts banquet di eased-In the robes
of the order of Great Britain, the first
time the, British Tempiary,rUBiorn)
Tomgnt . tne opening banquet of
the conclave waa tendered the Grand
Bncampmeht officers and members by
Denver Commandery No. 25 in the
Broadway theatre and later the Grand
Encampment officer and members
were honor guests at a banquet given
by Colorado Commandery No. 1 at
Kl Jebel Temple. .
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
PILGRIMAGE ENDS
For Corrupt Conduct In Office
and For High Crimes and
Misdemeanors ,
COMMITTEE FIL& REPORT
Says Alleged Irregularities n
Useand Accounting of Cam
paign Contributions Are Se-
' riousJn Character and Vio
lative .of Laws of State
IB, Uit Awoclxxl rw I
Albany. N. y.. Aug. 12. The report
of the Krawley legislative committee
charging Governor 8ulier with hav
ing diverted campaign contributions
to his own private use was adopted
by the legislature early'today and a
resolution to impeach him for "wil
ful and corrupt conduct in office and
for high crimes and misdemeanors."
was offered In the assembly by Ma
jority Leader I-evy.
.' By a vote of 4 to 30 the assembly
passed shortly before 1 o'clock this
morning the motion of Assemblyman
Levy to consider today the resolution
to Impeach the governor The House
adjourned at 12 55 a.' m. until 11
o'clock Tuesday.
!tctort and Resolution Agree.
The r"iHley committee repoit and
the Levy vi-solutlon charge the i,ov
ernor with having falsified under oath
hU -.i:Anil'aiu ...i.uulxll)U,Uutt .aiiCouoU,
diverted some of the funds to his own
use for the purchaa of stocks, and
with having done everything In his
power to onstrucl the committee's ef
forls 4-i'ing-- proof 'tnT --his alleirerV
ruisc j.idi ct to light.
The adoption of the report carried
with tt -KHonmiendalion-tlmt -iwJa
A. 8arecky and Krederick L. Colwell,
who refused to answer certain ques
tions put by the committee's counsel,
be held, ln contempt . of,, the. Jegisl-,
ture and punished. Ka reeky and Col
wtll are characterized in the report
as Governor HuUer's dummies.
Never ,n the history of thfi state has
her elder executive been bn penciled,
light In Kcnate Short.
The tight In the senate over the
adoption of the report wma brief, the
session lasting but 45 minutes. The
upper house was dark long before the
question came to a vote In the Crowd
ed assembly chamber. For two hours
there a throng that crowded every
niche and cranny of the big cham
ber stood patiently and silently ave
on one occasion watting for tho vote.
The light In the library of the ex-
I eciillv mansion Was'luii iilng low and
the rest of the big house was dark
when the assembly voted to receive
the report. Governor Bulzer had wait
ed there all evening, contrary to his
usual practice of visiting the capitol
when the legislature is in session and
heard the news over the telephone.
He made no comment thereon.
Before the sun sets todaj the gov
ernor will be impeached, the majority
leaders assert. ':.
The inine achmer.t resolution In
troduced in the assembly earlier in the
night by Majority leader Levy fol
lows: "Whereas, the Joint legislative in
vestigating committee has tiled a re
port In the assembly on the eleventh
day of August, 1 S 9 1 3. together with
testimony annexed thereto, showing
or tending to show that Governor Wil
liam Sulner, of the State of New York,
made a false and fraudulent report to
the secretary of state, under his oath
as required by law, that t:i" -oral con
tributions In aid of bi- campaign as
candidate for the olliio of governor
were 6,4 and nrr-i thert,
as, in truth and tn fart the amount
was greatly In excess of e,d sum to
the personal knowledge of saiiLHuJzt l.
and such report further hoing or
tending to show, that he converted I
his own- private use contributions -giv
en In aid of his election. , Mr the pur
chase of securities or other private
uses; that he engaged in stock mar
ket speculation at a time when be was
governor and was vigorously pressing
legislation against the .New York
Stock Kxehunge which would ffec t
Ihe business of ami prices on the ex
change; that "he used "The" power " of
his office aa governor to suppress and
V U Jlh alsL tb e.Xt U th t o J re y ent the p ro -duction
of evldence5n Wliition lb trie
Investigation of campaign contribu
tions and violations of law i:i
respect' thereto by ordTin-
and directing witnesses sfe ;
whom were employees of the Stale,
to act In contempt of the Joint legis
lative committee, and that, further,
he used his'ofhee as governor in re
ward or attempting to reward such
witnesses by securing or Influencing
their sppiilnliiifni Qtjx.umiilioii !xl
the State government; that as gover
nor the aaid William Sulzer has pun
lehed legislators who disagreed or
differed with him In legislation en
acted in the public Interest and pub-
,,llB.,.atft:Mi4.Ml
uoroval of bills for support of his
direct primary and other measures in
which he was personally interested;
that as governor he wilfully and cor
ruptly made f.ilse public statements
ad vising and directing citizens tnl
unlawful use of contributions made
to him fore ampalgn purposes and
whereas he has otherwise corruptly
'Therefore, belt resolved that Wil
liam Hulieer, Governor of the State
of New York, be and hereby is Im-
peac ed for wilful and corrupt con
duct In office and for bigh crlmesand
misdemeanors."
The Fight In the Assembly.
The .fight over the proposed 1m-
oeachment started with the first crack
fof the-gavel In the aeaemhiy , chain
ber. For nearly three . hours the
Frawly,.toBimittatjptiyi!ere
that lime, member after member
spoke, not so much to the question of
adopting the report aa to the greater
question each man knew would fol
lowthe question of impeacnmeni.
With every weapon at their com
mand, the friends of the governor
Continued on page seven.)
OVERMAN VVIRE "O'NEAL
Majority Believes He Can Call
"Special Election Many Be
lieve This Calls For Legisla
tive. Authority "
r-
..,
(Bv IS Avnrtilal Prw )
Washington. I. C, Aug. I l.-r Tele
grams were sent tonight to Demo
cratic leaders in Alabama by Senator
Overman., acting chairman .of the
Senate Judiciary committee, advising
them that Governor O'Neal, In the
opinion of the Democratic lawyers
in the Henate had no power now to
appoint a successor to the late 8en
alur Joseph t-', Johnston. The mes
sage added that a majority of the
lawyer senators held the governor
couid call special election at once,
but qualified thin by adding that there
was much difference of opinion In the
Judiciary committee as to whether It
waa necessary to caH the legislature
Into session to authorise a special
election. Governor t 'Nenl. Henator
Bankhead and others had asked for
an opinion from the Judiciary com
mittee as to the quickest way of fill
ing the vacancy under the terms of
the recent constitutional amendment
for the direct election of senators.
OucMlon Dlsciisttcd.
The question was discussed at a
full meeting of the Judiciary com
mittee. Ijiter the Democratic mem
bers consulted with practically every
lawyer among the Democratic' sen
ators. It was stated after the meeting
that te unanimous opinion was that
-the-grwrttw'htrd "iii'(f-ii,1tftmiW
vacancy .until the Legislature met and
authorized him to do so.
Some of the senatoiijb viewed the
day's discussion as Indicative of delay
m tining The- geHT.- -Twrarr u-ed thnt
would consume much time for the
holding of a special session of the
Alabama-L Legislature -tfitbl -tiovcruttt-
O'Neal decide upon that course, and
said the selection of a senator by spe
cial "election without a meeting of the
Leg-i sbjluj-e Jij Igli X Jr ffl R. in. ;. jscrrin,icsi
and delay in seating the senator it
was suggested that sn attempt be
made to enter Into a pair agreement
wrth the. Republicans in case of the
death off another senator during the
session. Republican senators ap
proached on the subject, however,- did
not give the Idea their approval.
The Main Disagreement. -
The main difference of opinion In
the committee arose over the Inter
pretation of that section of the Ala
bama code which authorizes the gov
ernor to call elections to fill the va
cancies In certain specified State offi
cers "and'such otlnv offices. as may be
provided for 1 inwt"
tinpn hc)d thai the language of this
section was uroiui euougn to cover tne
office of l ulled States Senator. Others
disputed the position earnestly.
Senator Overman's telegram read.
' Hcitator Overman's Telegram.
"By new amendment governor is
Continued on page seven.)
BITTER ATTACK IS
E
is
Dr. Westmoreland ChargesJ
"Scientific Dishonesty"
Frank's Attoineysry to Break
Down Testimony of Secre
tary of State Board of
Health
Affcinia. Ga., Aug. "11" A Bitter afi
tack upon Dr. li. F. Harris, secretary
of 1 the state board of health and
prominent wetness for the State, tn
tured today's session of the trial of
Leo M. Frank, for the murder of
Ma7FTinagaTilKe7imierTmcTy-glTT:
Dr. Willis Westmoreland, of Atlanta,
a witness for the defense, testified
hat while a member of the state
Nuarit" of .health he had preferred
' '.larges of "scientific dishonesty"
against Dr. Harris, which charges
verc sustained by the board. Dr.
Westmoreland- said that he resigned
lioiu the board when that body re
vised to discharge Dr. Harris.
In renlv to a question by A ttorjey
rnold. the wttneaa de:lnfed he knew
Dr. Harris to he the sum man pro
fessionally now as whn the charges
were preferred. Dr. Harris had pre
viously testified that the i'hagan girl
hour after eating her lunch and that
she had been criminally assaulted a
few minutes before her death, it was
in an effort to rontravent this testi
mony thnt the defense Introduced
several physicians tydttiLtfJ.tflcrJAjrJ
of Dr. Harris. Ifi" having made an ex
amination of the girl's body and an
analysis of the contents of her stom-
1st or .physician and having later de
stroyed the stomach, Attorney Arnold
asked Dr, Westmoreland if this was'
i ustomary. The witness answered' In
the negative, after Judge '-K-oan had
ruled the question admissable. The
witness declared Dr. Harris' testimony
was pure guess work.
T. N. Hancock, introduced as an ex-
pert, contradicted-the . ( niu iuamnaot J
Dr. Harris both as to the time of the
girJ'deatndilege-:itgijlt. Dr
liar to that of Doctors Westmoreland
and Hancock.
Joel Hunter, expert acrountalnt,
was the, last-witness called by the de
fense today. He testified that It would
take a swift accountalnt over three
hours to prepare the financial sheet
raid to have been made up by
Frank on the day of the murder,
ID
upon
AUMAN SEES CHARGES
Candidate. TorAsheborq,Post
mastership Says He Can Re
fute Them---Laurinburg
Fight Still Unsettled'
(y W. K. YEIAKnTON.)
Washington, D. t.. Aug. 1 1. The
convening of the Democratic caucus
this afternoon found all the North
Carolina congressmen but Mr. Webb
In Washington. Mr." Webb waa a mem
ber of the committee which went to
Birmingham following the death of
Senator Johnston. Representative
Kltchln 1'ou and Faleon returned
from tire- State and will probabry be
here until the currency question la dis
posed of In the House. -
'Charges Against Auman.
E. L. Auman, who has been recom
mended by Representative Page for
postmaster at Ashhord. - and J. A.
Spence. also of Ashboro. came to
Washington today to see charges filed
aciiliist tuinai. at the Postofflce Dc-l-vrrtiif
nt. Mr Auman said after
ward that he would have no difficul
ty In refuting the charges, which are
said to be of an unprintable charac
ter. Thsy left for home tonight -and
will send an answer-from there.
I jtiirinbiirg Potni.'sterh'fp.
No progress has been made toward
rilling the iaurinburg post-nTtce with
g Democrat. Representative Page has
recommended G. H. KliKsell. t. wh
claimed that Senator Simmons' oppo
sit ion to Mr. KusseU comes from a de
sire to have A. H. James named In his
-see- -v f "-Rmwett-iw prevented -from
getting the office, some other man
than Mr. r James will be named.
Messrs.' Simmons and Page seem far
apart from an agreement;
. Tir nMn m raft taiT.
Among the North Carolina visitors
here are Thomas 8. Knlllns and J. C,
WartiH. Asheviile. ,-i) ,l'...Iaua.-ia-.
tonla: Tom and Waller K. Moore.
Webster; Sheriff W. D. Mcliurln and
D. K. McKae. Laurinburg; 'W. R.
Jobnw'n. :ft'.lwferFJ-,-BlUil .iWl-,!illR
sum, and Dr. ,C. A. Julian, Thomas
vllle. V
Frank Page and family are here
visiting Mr. Page's brother. Repre
sentative Robert N. Page. Mrs. H. B.
Davis has gone to Chapel Hill, where
she will spend the remaine-v of the
summer with relatives.
Mr and Mrs. J. IV Grimes, of
Washington. N. C. were here yester
day on their way. to New York ami
l 'H inula
I.
THE DAY IN CONGRESS
HK.VVIK..
Met at noon and resumed debate
on turlff bill. .
Senator llollls flayed New England
eotton manufacturers, declared New
England had not been discriminated
against.
lohhyt committee resumed Investi
gation with James A. Kmery on stand.
Considered nominations In executive
session.
Confirmed Royal Meeks. of New Jer
sey. as commissioner ef labor statis
tics. Adjourned 1:10 p. m until 11 I. nt
Tuesday.
HOIK-.
Not In session. Meets noon Tuesday.
Democrats caucused on administra
tion currency, bill.
Martin M. Mulhall began his hear
ing beftfr? House Lobby committee.
- W'ayt And Means committee elected
Representative Decker to Interstate
Commerce committee and Represen
tative Teneyrk to Accounts commit
tee. Democratic currency, bjl! s'lcos
agreed to meet at 2 l m Tuesday,
BABY RUN OVER AND
MANGLED BY TRAIN
Two anil Half Year Old Daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Wlrwlon Terry. Kill
ed Near Hamlet-on X. S. C. Rail
road Truck -
Hamlet. Aug. 11- The two snd ine
balf year old dh lighter of Mr. and
(rts,. u,'lnMn Xerru-.whu. .ln:llil AX
the N". A S. C. railroad, abm; two
miles east of Hamlet, was kiIIk! b.
thr fn-ighl trwli lh- n a, c
urday afternoon.
From the account received It seems
that the baby had followed ibmi- ore
from the house and In irnwiii : 'f
iailroad Hack had laid down Wnon
;be rails. As the train apnrojche I
tl,.. two lirakenien who veie oi M:e
front of the engine saw the child raise
up and before the train could be stop
ped or. before any one could get to
her she was struck, and her body
TcTTtbty mangled, ' 1
recommended li. H. KUKsell. t. whoro-i-iU
Senator Simmons has objected It is
Consultation Meeting to Be Held in Raleigh at Ten
O'clock This Morning and Deliberation With Gov-
ertfoFahr
at Noon. '
wimmitinrtia
lina at direct interest in securing justice 4n freight raes meet
Mia Kaleich this morning. ' , .. !
This is fron President Fred N. Tate,, of tVh Carolina
Just Freight Rare Association, who calls on officers of the Stata
and county associations and those at direct interest in freight
rat? iustirc to meet at 10 o'clock
i4a4igk-OamQtCuiil
At noon Governor Lraig. r.C U.iUHXjrmn
Crnny'MpnKufficers tne (rolmr;Fitight-Uate.Avs;
" Vici:ion and others' vTitf coiufieY TnrtTOfwii'f-,Kdaetki.V
offered by the railroads through the North , Carotin Corpora
tion Commission. 1 -'-. .' ":; ":
This is an Important day for North Carouna ;.and ,the
meetings should be largely attended.
Favorable Impression Made By
Declaration of "Great Faith
in the Reasonableness''
SOMEBODY WANTING, WAR
Wilson Calls Attertion to Con
spicuous Efforts " ' Through
. Published Misrepresenta
tions, To Involve United
States In Intervention'
Mr the Iwtiud rrM.)
Washington. D. C., Aug. U. Dls
tlort relief was apparent In Official
circles here today over the course of
events In Mexico.
The statement of Frederico Gam
boa, the new Mexican minister of for
eign relations, that he had "great
faith In the reasonableness of the
Judgment of the United States," hold
ing the Conviction that the difficul
ties between the two countries "soon
would be adjusted," produced a very
favorable Impression la administra
tion circles. Secretary Bryan com
mented optimistically on it and House
officials also were pleased.
President Wilson pointed out dur
ing (the day to callers what seemed to
hint conspicuous efforts on the pari
"f " 1 " """" " toe part
om Peup'a unknown to him.
through published misrepresentation.
to involve tne 'United States In inter- ,
ventlon. He reiterated . that the st-tttod-
e-tle government towards " "
Mexico In the present situation waa
one of peace and friendliness solely,
Und In Mexico City.
The safe arrival ln..MeiOc CU-e
John "X)ud7 'prrsohai representative
and offlcJslly designated adviser to
the American embassy, ended soma
lease jnoraenta,, Jn the gitiiatloa, .. Adr ..
ministration otflclala tonight looked
forward hopefully to a favorable re
ception of their efforta . to auggest
Lmaure-isf pence.. ia-.--ead Ing uia ,
struggle between the contending fae- - I)
tlona In Mexico. -
With the air cleared of rumors of
hostility In the Mexican capital to Mr.
Ltnd'a preTteiif e there, officials were
disposed to believe the program of
the American government would be
carried out quietly and In euch man
ner as seemed most expedient to Mr.
Llnd and the embassy at Mexico City.
"AnierUnns Not In Danger."
Captain t'Kpehart, of the battleship
Michigan, which proceeded last
Thursday from Vera Crux to Cludad" '
Del Carmen as the result of a com
plaint to the StBte Department by
Mrs. Phoebe H. Hearst that rebels
hreafauig Ameramu life auij. .
property in the region of her ranch
near that place, haa reported thai
"American subjects are not In danger:
American subjects, have ' not been
threatened: and American subjects
and foreign subjects have received
proper protection from the Mexican
authoritiea."
MSI IXKTAMJ HIMSKI.F. .
t nofticlal Adviser to the Amerl
an ( barge IVAffain Holds Con
fcrencfi ...
Mexico Cilv. Aug.' 11. Former 4Jov.'
ernor John Wind, the personal envoy
of President Wilson In Mexico City,
installed himself today In temporary
offli-es at the I'nlted Slates embassy
as unofficial adviser to the American .
Charge d" Affairs, Nelaon O'Haugh
nessy. Mr. Lind passed several hours ,
in close conference with the Charge
d' Affairs, discussing the difficulilea of
the Mexican nation.
Mr. Lind was an early riser this
morning. The sun had not mounted
high overTopoca t'epetl 'mountain be
fore haa waa astir. He took a stroll
through the park In front of his hotel
and down San Francisco avenue be- :'
fore the abutters were removed from
the atore windows. A few hours later
an embassy automobile called at the
hotel and conveyed Mr, Llnd to the
embassy of the United States where,
to the accompaniment of the ham
mering of carpenters,. In. tdloining
rooms where they were preparing the
household goods of Henry ljine Wil
son, the former American ambassador
here.-'fiir'anTpmeht' to the- 1'nlteJ "
States, the "adviser" entered upon his .
duties.
Dr. William BaVara Hair,"' wllo-HU -longer
retains his Identity v th on .
fldentlal envoy of President Wilson,
called at the embassy today and held
a long conference with former -Gov- .
ernor Lind and Mr. O'Khayghnessy.
No one at the conference would' state
hat the flrat steps of the pacification '
plan were to be or when they were
to be taken. i
this morninr tn theXoom.ct